Plastic Free Congleton

14/12/2024

A potential filter that can remove microplastics from water:

A solution to microplastic pollution, China’s 1,800-mile ‘green wall’, and the Comedy Wildlife Awards, plus more good news from the week

18/07/2023

It's plastic free July and we know the drill. Thought this was fun!

12/04/2023

The latest sewage spill data in Congleton: https://top-of-the-poops.org/constituency/congleton spills include the River Dane, Loach Brook and the Dane-In-Shaw brook😔

Analysing sewage dumps by water companies

21/03/2023

Please sign this petition against the potential change in the law which will protect water companies, meaning that they will be able to hide their raw sewage release data. Thank You!

The Retained EU Law Bill threatens to revoke the majority of EU law in this country by the end of 2023. One such piece of legislation that could disappear is the Environment Information Regulations (EIR) 2004. This, in conjunction with a landmark legal case won by independent charity group WildFish....

19/02/2023

Many Thanks to Superdrug_Congleton for their sponsorship of collecting medicine blisterpacks for recycling. It all helps to and . 💚

13/02/2023

Recent article on single-use plastics - and the link with the fossil fuels giants. We need to transition away from 'virgin-petro-plastics' which are produced from oil, and move to a plant-based manufacture which can compost safely, quickly and easily. The perfect material is out there, but we're not there yet.

Rather than generating less single-use plastic waste, the world generated more by the end of 2021 — 6 million metric tons more than in 2019, according to the Minderoo Foundation.

14/01/2023

Hooray! England will join Wales and Scotland in banning single-use plastics such as plates and cutlery - a win for the environment!

A range of polluting single-use plastics will be banned from October 2023 following the Government's consultation

06/10/2022

Plastic Free Congleton is now on Instagram! Please follow us if you have an Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/p/CjIUfa2sTIR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

03/10/2022

Fascinating video about how the waste is sorted from the Cheshire East recycling bin - remember there's lots of plastic items that CAN go in the recycling bin and leave it loose!

02/10/2022

Our parent charity, Surfers Against Sewage has been campaigning against the release of sewage into our rivers and seas for decades.

The Labour Party have adopted our policies for a legally binding sewage reduction target by 2030.

As the government slash through environmental protections, this could be a silver lining.

Behind the scenes our campaigning and policy work is having a big influence. We couldn’t do this without your support. Our Ocean Activism is being heard. ✊

At the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool yesterday, the Shadow Environment Secretary, Jim McMahon, committed to introducing a legally binding target to end 90% of sewage discharges by 2030, mandatory monitoring of all sewage outlets, automatic fines for discharges, and a fixed-rate charge for any discharge point that is not monitored. Now is the time for other parties to step up to the plate and end sewage pollution. 🛑

Water companies – your era of polluting for profit is over.

01/10/2022

Would you like to help in the fight to reduce waste and have a bit of fun too? If you would like to join the team of Cheshire Waste Reduction Volunteers then click here to find out more 🤩

Waste reduction programme for Cheshire East. Volunteer benefits and how to apply to be a waste reduction volunteer.